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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    Please explain how God is not morally culpable for the murder of his only Begotten Son, according to this passage: Acts 4:23-28 23 On...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    Maybe CC overstayed their visit and had to make good on past due parking tickets. :p
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    It's more than amazing! It's incomprehensible. What part of the rhetorical question in Prov 20:24 don't you understand? Or what don't...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    See, folks, there is a God in heaven! He raised this CC Forum up from the dead after two days!
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    Of course, Zechariah and Anna were blameless and, and like David and other Psalmists loved God, loved his Law and essentially and...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    Another screw-up by Jesus, heh? He just didn't know how to express himself clearly, did he? :rolleyes: The Pharisees in Jn 8 were not...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    FTFY what is bolded in red. There's still only two kinds of people in the world. Those in Christ (the righteous) and those outside of...
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    The heavens declare God's glory. Quite a different issue than believing the gospel. Only by the Holy Spirit of God can one say that...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    "....because ye are NOT of God"! Or as the NIV translates the verse: John 8:47 47 He who belongs to God hears what God says. The...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    There's no such animal in scripture as "[imperfectly] moral people". There are only two biblical categories of people in the world: The...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    Well, Jesus in Jn 10 didn't teach that that sheep and goats alike can hear him, know him and follow him. ONLY HIS sheep (the elect) can...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    No unregenerate sinner understands God's spiritual truth apart from God's effectual grace (Rom 3:11), since they are unspiritual. And...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    All the elect were given to Jesus in eternity before the beginning of time (2Tim 1:9; Tit 1:2). This last passage says that the hope...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    I read several articles online to get up to speed on the HP (Historic Present) idiom. I do see Paul mainly describing his personal...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Understanding God’s election.
    I read several articles online to get up to speed on the HP (Historic Present) idiom. I do see Paul mainly describing his personal...